Foul Pole Color

[silverpie]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

NCAA softball "recommends" that the foul pole be a a contrasting color to the background so that it will stand out, "preferably white, yellow, or optic yellow".

As a matter of logic, why would you want the foul pole to be a similar color to the ball? Wouldn't it make sense that a contrasting color to the ball, as well as the background, would make determining fair or foul easier?

I often think that when walking a field and seeing the effort and expense used to put a yellow piping on the top of the fences.

First, NCAA changed that recommendation this year. The third recommended color is now optic orange.

Second, you're right about the logic. (I suspect that someone at the NCAA figured it out too.)

On the third, that is pretty silly--plain old metal fence gives you enough contrast...